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{{About|the assembly constituency in West Bengal, India|1 its namesake community development block|Gaighata|2 its namesake village|Gaighata, North 24 Parganas}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2021}}
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|name = Gaighata
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|other_name =
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|settlement_type = Vidhan Sabha constituency 
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|map_caption = Location in West Bengal
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|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = {{IND}}
|subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
|subdivision_name1 = [[West Bengal]]
|subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of West Bengal|District]]
|subdivision_name2 = [[North 24 Parganas district|North 24 Parganas]]
|subdivision_type3 = [[List of constituencies of the West Bengal Vidhan Sabha|Constituency No.]]
|subdivision_name3 = 97
|subdivision_type4 = Type
|subdivision_name4 = Reserved for [[Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes|SC]]
|subdivision_type5 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
|subdivision_name5 = [[Bangaon (Lok Sabha constituency)|14. Bangaon (SC)]]
|subdivision_type6 = Electorate (year)
|subdivision_name6 = 240,096 (2019)

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'''Gaighata''' Vidhan Sabha constituency is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[North 24 Parganas district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]]. The seat is reserved for [[Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes|scheduled castes]]. The Gaighata seat was an open seat up to 2011.

==Overview==
As per orders of the [[Delimitation Commission of India|Delimitation Commission]], No. 97 Gaighata (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (SC) is composed of the following: [[Gobardanga]] municipality, Dharmapur I, Dharmapur II, [[Ichapur]] I, Ichapur II, Jaleswar I, Shimulpur and Sutia [[gram panchayat]]s of [[Gaighata]] [[Community Development Block in India|community development block]], and Bergum I, Bergum II and [[Maslandapur|Machhalandpur]] I gram panchayats of [[Habra I (Community development block)|Habra I]] community development block.<ref name=delimitation>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/WestBengal/FINAL%20ORDER%20NOTIFICATION_English.pdf | title = Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006 | access-date=15 October 2010 |work = West Bengal | publisher= Election Commission of India}}</ref>

Gaighata (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (SC) is part of No. 14 [[Bangaon (Lok Sabha constituency)]] (SC).<ref name=delimitation/> It was earlier part of [[Barasat (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/statisticalreports/LS_2004/Vol_III_LS_2004.pdf | title = Statistical Report on General Elections, 2004 to the 14th Lok Sabha | access-date = 15 October 2010 | work = Volume III Details For Assembly Segments Of Parliamentary Constituencies | publisher = Election Commission of India }}</ref>

==Members of Vidhan Sabha==
{| class="wikitable"ìÍĦĤĠčw
|-
! Election<br /> Year!!Constituency!!Name of M.L.A.!!Party Affiliation
|-
|[[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967]]||Gaighata||C.Mitra||[[Bangla Congress]]<ref name=vidhansabha1967>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20report%20WB1967.pdf |title = General Elections, Inda, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 13 August 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1969||||Parul Saha||Bangla Congress <ref name=vidhansabha1969>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1969/StatReport_WB_69.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission |access-date = 13 August 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1971||||Chandi Pada Mitra||[[Indian National Congress]]<ref name=vidhansabha1971>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1971/StatReport_WB_71.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 13 August 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1972||||Chandi Pada Mitra||Indian National Congress<ref name=vidhansabha1972>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1972/StatReport_WB_72.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 13 August 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1977||||[[Kanti Biswas]]||[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]<ref name=vidhansabha1977>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/StatisticalReportWestBengal77.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 13 August 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1982||||Kanti Biswas||Communist Party of India (Marxist)<ref name=vidhansabha1982>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1982/StatisticalReportWestBengal82.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 13 August 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1987||||Kanti Biswas||Communist Party of India (Marxist)<ref name=vidhansabha1987>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1987/StatisticalReportWestBengal87.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 13 August 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1991||||Prabir Banejee||Indian National Congress<ref name=vidhansabha1991>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1991/StatisticalReport-West%20Bengal91.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 13 August 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1996||||Manmatha Roy||Communist Party of India (Marxist)<ref name=vidhansabha1996>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-WB96.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 13 August 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]]||||[[Jyotipriya Mallick]]||[[All India Trinamool Congress]]<ref name=vidhansabha2001>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2001/StatRept_WB_2001.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 13 August 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]]||||Jyotipriya Mallick||All India Trinamool Congress<ref name=vidhansabha2006>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2006/StatReport_WB_2006.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 13 August 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]||||[[Manjul Krishna Thakur]]||All India Trinamool Congress<ref name=vidhansabha2011>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2011/stat_WB_May2011.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 13 August 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]]||||Pulin Bihari Ray||All India Trinamool Congress <ref name="resultuniversity.com">{{Cite web|url=https://resultuniversity.com/election/gaighata-west-bengal-assembly-constituency|title=Gaighata Assembly Constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly Constituency|website=resultuniversity.com}}</ref>
|-
|[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]||||[[Subrata Thakur]]
|| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<ref name="resultuniversity.com"/>
|}

==Election results==
===2021===
In the 2021 election, [[Subrata Thakur]] of BJP defeated his nearest rival NAROTTAM BISWAS of AITC.

{{Election box begin| title=[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2021]]: Gaighata (SC) constituency<ref name=vidhansabha2021>{{cite web| url = https://results.eci.gov.in/Result2021/ConstituencywiseS2597.htm?ac=97|title = Election Commission of India}}</ref>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Subrata Thakur]]
|votes = 100808
|percentage = 42.27
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = NAROTTAM BISWAS
|votes = 91230
|percentage = 42.78
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India
|candidate = KAPIL KRISHNA THAKUR
|votes = 14838
|percentage = 6.96
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = BEAUTY SARKAR
|votes = 1385
|percentage = 0.65
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)
|candidate = NANIBALA BISWAS (DAS)
|votes = 814
|percentage = 0.38
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = independent
|candidate = TUSHAR KANTI HALDER
|votes = 686
|percentage = 0.32
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = independent
|candidate = DR. SAJAL BISWAS
|votes = 1526
|percentage = 0.72
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = independent
|candidate = BISWAJIT ROY
|votes = 547
|percentage = 0.26
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = None of the above
|party = None of the above
|votes = 1409
|percentage = 0.66
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 213243
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = BJP
|loser = AITC
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2011===
In the 2011 election, Majulkrishna Thakur of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Monoj Kanti Biswas of CPI.
{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 West Bengal state assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2011]]: Gaighata (SC) constituency<ref name=vidhansabha2011/><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=97|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work =Gaighata| publisher =Empowering India |access-date = 24 April 2011}}</ref>}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Majulkrishna Thakur]]
|votes = 91,487
|percentage = 55.58
|change = +5.15#
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India
|candidate = Monoj Kanti Biswas
|votes = 66,040
|percentage = 40.12
|change = -5.67
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Sukharanjan Bepari
|votes = 3,440
|percentage = 2.09
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Mahendra Gain
|votes = 1,436
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Suman Laha
|votes = 1,249
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = independent
|candidate = Tikendrajit Bharati
|votes = 946
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 164,598
|percentage = 88.66
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|swing = 10.82#
}}
{{Election box end}}

<small>.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.</small>
===1977-2006===
In the [[2006 West Bengal state assembly election|2006]]<ref name=vidhansabha2006/> and 2001 state assembly elections<ref name=vidhansabha2001/>[[Jyotipriya Mallick]] of [[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool Congress]] won the Gaighata assembly seat defeating Manmatha Roy of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] on both occasions. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. In 1996,<ref name=vidhansabha1996/> Manmatha Roy of CPI(M) defeated Prabir Banerjee of [[Indian National Congress|Congress]]. In 1991,<ref name=vidhansabha1991/> Prabir Banejee of Congress defeated Kanti Biswas of CPI(M). Kanti Biswas of CPI(M) defeated Radha Prasad Biswas of Congress in 1987,<ref name=vidhansabha1987/> Mira Mitra of Congress in 1982,<ref name=vidhansabha1982/> and Radha Prasad Biswas of Congress in 1977.<ref name=vidhansabha1977/><ref>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp86.htm |title =86 - Gaighata Assembly Constituency |work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 15 October 2010}}</ref>

===1967-1972===
Chandi Pada Mitra of Congress won in 1972<ref name=vidhansabha1972/> and 1971.<ref name=vidhansabha1971/> Parul Saha of [[Bangla Congress]] won in 1969.<ref name=vidhansabha1969/> C.Mitra of Bangla Congress won in 1967.<ref name=vidhansabha1967/> Prior to that the Gaighata seat was not there.

==References==
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{{North 24 Parganas topics}}
{{Vidhan Sabha constituencies of West Bengal}}

{{West Bengal elections}}

[[Category:Assembly constituencies of West Bengal]]
[[Category:Politics of North 24 Parganas district]]

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